Improved carhiage-knob



@ffice a ELONZO S, WHEELER, O W'ESTPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO E.-WHEELER, OF SAME PLACE.

HIMSELF AND J.

Letters Patent No. 85,976, dated Jauuwry 19, 1869.

IMPRO'V'ED CARRIAGE-KNOB.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it 'ma/J concern:

Be it known that I, ELONZO S. WHEELER, of Westport, in the county ofFairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCarriage- Knobs; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings andthe letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specication, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a side view of the knob attached to the leather or topcovering;

Figure 2, a central section of the same enlarged;

Figures 3, 4 and 5, central sections, the parts detached;

Figure 6, a side view of the knob as constructed for attachment to thewood portion of the carriage;

Figure 7, a central section of the same enlarged; and inv Figures 8 and9, central sections of the parts detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in the article known to thetrade as carriage-knobs; that is, knobs used upon carriages for securingthe covering or curtain.

Heretofore buckles have been employed where attachment was made to theleather or covering.

The object of my invention is to construct a knob n which may beattached either to the leather or wood.

To this end,

The invention consists in forming upon the hollow shank a head and neck.The shank attached to the' head, and passing through the neck, andleather, is headed down upon a washer upon'the opposite side of the heador covering, or the shank and head are xed in like manner to a nail forthe purpose of insertion into the wood.

To enable others to fully understand my invention, I will proceed todescribe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the head, formed from sheet-metahand secured to a hollow shank, B,as seen in g. 3, by the interposition of a lining-plate, b.

The neck, as seen in iig. 4, is formed from sheetmetal into a base, C,and hollow body D, and so as to pass on to the hollow shank B, as seenin g. 2, the sha-nk B being of sufcient length to extend through thecovering, where a washer or head, E, denoted in' g. 5, is placed on tothe shank, and the metal of the shank turned down by a depression madein the centre of the head E, as seen in iig. 2,

If for attachment to the wood, I place within the head A, and passingthrough the hollow shank B, a

nail, G; then pass the neck over the nail and hollow shank, as seen infig. 7, and turn the edges of the shank down on to the under side of thebase which secures the neck, knob, and nail all together. v Th eseknobs, though designed especially for carriagework, itwill be seen areequally applicable to other purposes. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

A carriage-knob, constructed in the manner substantially as hereindescribed, as an article of manufacture.

ELONZO S. WHEELER.

Witnesses:

J ons H. SHUMWAY, A. J. TIBBITS.

